Do PharmD Graduates Have the Essential Competencies For Innovative Practices?

Abstract

As the pharmacy profession continues to evolve from product-orientation to patient-centered, pharmacy programs have been transitioning from a traditional pharmacy curriculum to a competency-based education (CBE) pedagogy. CBE has been developed to instill the required clinical competencies in graduates to better meet the contemporary role of pharmacists in accordance with the latest scientific knowledge and evidence-based in an ever-evolving health care landscape. Pharmacists-led services resulted in optimizing pharmaceutical care and improving patients’ economic, clinical, and humanistic outcomes (ECHO). Based on recent publications, it is integral for public health emergency preparedness and response to be part of the new ACPE Standards and CAPE educational outcomes domains. These updated standards and educational outcomes must be integrated longitudinally in pharmacy curricula to ensure that the graduates will be practice ready health. Care professionals. This commentary highlights the strategic use of workforce development of population health based on two perspectives: 1. Emergency Preparedness and Response and 2. Digital Health.